Strangest iPod Cases Ever

David Primo writes "Techeblog has a great article on the strangest iPod cases ever. Pictures included. From the article: 'This might be the first iPod case that costs more than the player itself. The Louis Vuitton Classic iPod Cover by Takashi Murakami features peach natural calf leather lining, golden brass pieces, and a multicolor canvas.'" The military-grade case actually makes sense for people like me who keep letting their mp3 player fall on the floor, but able to withstand a mortar shell explosion might be overkill.

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Re:explosion?

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TFSite (yeah, I know, clicking on details in TFA is ... too far away) says the screen is lexan-protected. No mention on the controls, though - probably open (touch-sensitive through a bullet-proof material is a bit hard) just as ports are open.

Re:Wow...

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The real problem is this, the HDD read/write head. It is a floating part. When the IPOD accelerates (shot, hit by RPG, thrown about by an explosive overpressure wave, whatever) the RW head, being a floating part will accelerate only AFTER all the flex in the system is used, the shock to this mechanism may damage it.

Also we will see another failure mode here: The rest of the IPOD may be moving serval miles per hour by the time the RW head gets into motion. The result is a slow RW head striking a fast moving HDD platter (another fragile part.)

The reverse will be seen if the IPOD strikes any solid unmoving object(THE GROUND!) before coming to rest. The IPOD and all rigidly affixed parts will go from sever MPH to a dead stop quite quickly. The flex in the RW head will allow the RW head to continue in motion until the RW head strikes those fragile HD platters. If the RW arm were still stressed from the acceleration then any energy stored in the arm will also be added to the impact when the RW arm tries to bounce back to a neutral position (think WHIP!)